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Game 162: Nationals 5, Phillies 1

Washington manager Davey Johnson insisted earlier this week that getting Edwin Jackson his tenth win of the season was more important to his club than securing the National League’s top seed heading…Read More

Game 155: Nationals 8, Phillies 4

Every time you read that dang story, it always ends the same. The fast-starting hare loses the race to the slow and steady tortoise. For the Washington Nationals Wednesday night, it was almost a similar…Read More

Game 127: Phillies 4, Nationals 1

Whatever factors have contributed to the Philadelphia Phillies tumbling suddenly into mediocrity this season were glaringly absent all weekend, as Cliff Lee‘s seven strong innings powered the Phillies…Read More

Game 104: Nationals 3, Phillies 0

  The old baseball cliche says that good pitching cures all ills. Ross Detwiler, in yet another fabulous performance, provided the antidote to what had ailed the Washington Nationals tonight, pitching…Read More

Game 103: Phillies 3, Nationals 2

After a terribly disappointing loss to the Philadelphia Phillies (47-57) last night, the Nationals struggled yet again to get hits as Vance Worley (W, 6-6) and Co. took care of business tonight in DC. …Read More

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Around the NL East: Recapping Philadelphia’s First Half

With days of no baseball now behind us, the second half of the 2012 season is set to begin later today…Read More

How the Nats are Turning the Tables on the Phillies

For years the Philadelphia Phillies have been the bully on the playground, stealing everyone’s…Read More

Some Thoughts on the Phillies Rivalry

There was talk last week, here and elsewhere, about whether the yearly tilt with the Orioles constituted…Read More

Game 42: Nationals 2, Phillies 1

For Nationals fans, the malox, advil, antacid, and maybe a shot of whiskey or two tasted good tonight…Read More

Igniting A Nationals Vs. Phillies Rivalry

When Cole Hamels drilled Bryce Harper in the back with a fastball during the 1st inning of Sunday night’s…Read More